IMovie 08 to iMovie 08 Project transfer issues

I am trying to move and edit a mostly complete project done in iMovie 08 from my laptop to my desktop. I have copied the .rcproject over but i can't import it. I then put in my iMovie project folder and it still didn't recognize it. Any thoughts? I have seen where 08 has issues with previous versions of iMovie, but that isn't the case here.

I have copied the .rcproject over but i can't import it. I then put in my iMovie project folder and it still didn't recognize it. Any thoughts?
Think of your iMovie '08 project as a collection of index cards on file at the library. You remove the cards from the drawer, take them home, and then start searching through your house looking for the books they reference. Unfortunately, all of the referenced books are still back in the library and not in your home so you can't find any of them in your house. Same thing with your project. It is just a list of references pointing to the source content and a set of instructions stating what is to be done to the various sources. Basically all of your reference pointers were "orphaned" as soon as you moved the project file off your original start-up drive. Taking it a step further, you cannot simply copy your source files to the new computer in the hope of reestablishing the previously orphaned resource "paths" since by their very nature, the files modify their own "resource" pointers when copied. While it is possible to use some sort of a resource editor application to go back and manually correct each and every pointer, it is not something I recommend. The normal advice here is "Finish the project on the computer where your started it." Another "rule of thumb" here is to never make a major upgrade to the application in the middle of a project. (I.e., don't switch from iMovie v6 to v7 in the middle of a project.)

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